Toy horse



May 20, 1930. D m 1,759,740

TOY HORSE Filed April 14 1928 INVENTOR WITNESS: A TORNEY Patented May 20, 1930 DALE E.-FOLTZ, or GRANVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA TOY nonsn Application filed April 14,

Thepresent invention relates to the art of toys and particularly to an improved toy horse, more especially to'the manually propelled type, hence including supporting 6 Wheels, a singleone in front and two at the rear.

The present invention has to provide, in a toy of axle at the rear for the supportof a pair of 0 wheels,' which are mounted on the axle eccentrically, that is oppositely eccentric, whereby the rear of the body of the toy horse may be given an up and down movement, and a side wabbling movement, in order to give a substantially true representation of the movement of a horse when trotting. Another purpose is to provide a conven- V tional type of steering column with'steering handles and a fork for the front wheel, the

column being mounted in the body of the toy,

so that the front wheel may swivel to the right or to the left, whereby the toy may be steered ineither direction. a

Itis to bev understood that the particulars herein given are in no way limitive, and that while still keeping within the scope of the invention, any desired modificationlof details and proportions may be made in the construcfor its purpose tion of the appliance according tocircumstances. Y

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts to be hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

Inthe drawings: Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of the improved vibrating toy horse constructed accordance with theinvention.

Figure 2 is a rear view showmg the tilt of the body of the horse.

Referringto the drawing, 1 identifies the body of a toy horse, having'a head 2 and terminating at the rear in a seat 3, and swiveled on an incline through the body 1 is a steering column or post 4: which passes through a conventional type of ball bearings 5 adjacent the top and bottom of the body of the horse. The. steering column where it passes through the body of the toy is cylindrically enlarged, and thereby causing shoulders 6 and 6 to be p 59 formed atthe opposite ends of the enlargethis kind a supportlng,

right end moving up and down,

moves down and up, these movements belng M in" 192 s. sea-mine, 269,988.

ment. Suitable bearing sleeves 6?and 6 are fixed into. the opposite upper and lower por- FYFICE. i

tions of the body andcooperating withthe ball;bearings 5 (which in turn cooperate with the shoulders) to hold the column against axial movement. This steering'column has itsupper end provided with handle bars 6 and terminates at its lowerend in forks 7 The handle bars may be detachable from the steering column or post at P in order to permit the column to be inserted through the body of the toy. ,Journaled in. the forks 7 is the usualcrank axle Shaving crank arms and pedals 9, in order to impart movement to the single wheel 10, which is 'ournaled. upon the axle 8 so that the toy orse may be ropelled as desired, and through the medium of the handle bars the single front wheel may be turned either in the direction of the right or left for steering the toy.

A depending U-shaped frame 11 is secured at 12 to the rear portion of the body of the toy, and journaled in bearings of the arms of said frame is a rear axle 13, on which the rear supporting wheels 14: are mounted. The wheels 14 are oppositely eccentric. For instance the one on the right as shown in Figure 2 engages with the axle at a point below the center of the wheel,.while the one of the 5 left engages with the axle above the center of the wheel, so that when the-toy is propelled by the pedals, the rear axle oscillates, the while the left alternately and therefore imparting a rocking movement to the body of the toy, that is a rocking movement laterally as well as up and down movement, therefore imparting to the toy a movementlsubstantially in true representations of the movement of the body of a horse when trotting.

Said U-shaped frame 1s provided with a I transverse brace 15, thereby preventing the arms of the frame from spreading.-

The invention having been set forth, what is claimedis: 1 v a A toy horse comprising a body provided with an inclined bore formed on an incline through the body, a forward front steering esf icolumn mountedin said bore, said rsteeringd column Wherefit passes through the bore'be- V ingl enlarged, said enlargement causing V shoulders to be formed adjacent the 0 p0 site ends of the enlargement,' and'means xed in the upper and lower parts of the body and" cooperatin with the-shouldersjto hold the steering oo umn against'the axial-"movement,

.the upper end-of thesteering column having handle bars, and t steering wheel i neluding v propelling means operaitively mtmntedat the lowerend of the steeringoolumme framese- H Cured to the rear end of the body and inclined: downwardly and havinglan. axle in bea rings V i f'its lower end, and apairof 'rear support-j in'g wheels rnounted on the ends of theaxle and fixed oppositely; eccentrio with relation to the axle whereby; up and down" swaying V J moyements may be imparted tort-he body,

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